) – The Zika virus does not pose a serious threat for Turkey due to the geographical distance, however international travels to regions of outbreak risk pregnant women’s lives, urged Head of Turkish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (KLIMIK), MD, MPH Professor Önder Ergönül .
According to American Hospital Chair of Infectious Diseases Department Professor Ergönül, the rare presence of Aedes mosquitoes in Turkey spotted by scientific researches eases concerns amongst medical experts in Turkey.
Aedes mosquitoes cause widespread of the Zika, a virus thought to have links with birth defects among thousands of newly born babies particularly in Americas. These mosquitoes mostly live in tropical and subtropical climates.
Ergönül told
